This heading may be overly broad, but we found an abundance of impressive things that didn’t seem to fit in the other categories. These students at Melvindale High School (and their advisor, Randy Thomas) won third place in a robotics competition with this ROV they constructed. They plan to continue improving it. They told a story […]
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Maker Faire Detroit: Vehicles
We saw this couch cruising around the Faire all day, but nobody offered us a lift…
Maker Faire Detroit: Iron pour
It’s hard to overestimate the awesomeness of seeing metal splash around like water. Seeing Chicago Crucible transform small heaps of busted up iron into awesome art by using fire seemed to be a highlight for many. The raw materials, from old radiators and such like, busted apart with sledgehammers, measured out with scientific precision.
Maker Faire Detroit: Kid friendly
Organizers had planned many areas specifically targeted to kids, and they seemed to be having a great time. The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum had a great tent full of interactive exhibits and such for children, old and young. Here’s a musical instrument played by placing the hand within a certain distance range of some proximity […]
Maker Faire Detroit: Hackerspaces
OmniCorpDetroit had this high-powered marshmallow cannon on display. I didn’t see whether they had the opportunity to demonstrate it.
Maker Faire Detroit: 3D printer
Our ace hacker Schazamp hit Maker Faire Detroit this weekend. We’ll be running his reports all day. The Faire was filled with loads of awesome things, and to cover them all would be impossible, but here you can see some of the things that stood out to us. We found many 3D printer designs, and […]
pyBusPirateLite support for Windows
There is a new version of pyBusPirateLite, the Python library for interacting with the Bus Pirate. It now supports Windows versions of Python. You can download the latest version from the Bus Pirate SVN Repository, or a package containing just pyBusPirateLite. See the wiki page on Bus Pirate Scripting in Python to get started.